Automatic fait



NITED STATES PATENT FFIC.

SETE E. WINSLOV, OE KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC FAN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 9,395, dated November 9, 1852.

To all whom it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, SETH E. VVrNsLow, of Kensington, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Machine for Fanning; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view and Fig. 2 a .transverse sectional view, presenting all the internal parts in their proper situation.

A represents the frame, B the fan C roller; D3,- P2, and F1, three stops; G the metal rod; I-I the open spiral spring; I a hole in the roch-K short spring; L the pulley; M the cord, and N the whirl. The tanner consists ot a trame of wood, or metal two feet or more long,-having abore or plowed groove, about one halt' inch in diameter eX- tending its whole length g-in this bore or groove a metal rod passes of about the same lengt-h as the frame; having on its lower end a roller or caster. Also there is a stop, marked F1, attached to this rod, at about one third of its whole length from the lower end of A. And above this said stop, around this metal rod is an open spiral spring, marked I-I, which pressing against said stop forces the rod downward. Above the said open spring, loosely around the rod is a stop, marked E2, which is attached to the frame, against which stop the upper end of the open spring presses. Above this, stop E2, which is attached to the frame is a third stop, marked D3, which is attached by pivot or screw to the metal rod about two inches 'from its upper end, the object of which is to prevent the rod from passing too far down the frame. And above the stop, marked D3 is a short shut spiral spring the use of which is to keep the cord bent upon the whirl at.- tached to the rod at the same point as said stop, on the upper end of which spring is a loop.' Also in the upper end of the rod is drilled or punched a hole marked I, into which hole one end of the cord is fastened` while the other end of the cord is fastened into the loop of the said shut spring. This cord, marked M, passes rst around a pulley,

marked L, thence upward and twice around the whirl, marked N, and passing downward it is Jfastened into the loop of the short shut spring. In one end of the whirl is a small square or round hole to receive the fan (marked B).

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation and use.

I construct the frame of the anner and its whirl in the same way that articles of wood o1 metal are commonly wrought into like forms. Also the spiral spring in the usual manner by winding wire around a metal rod ot the same size as the rod ot the fanner, and I drill or punch one or more holes, in the said rod of the fanner so as to receive the cord, and attach to so rod by means of rivet or screws or otherwise the stop F1, and D3 and also the roller or caster. And further the stop, E2, may be attachedv to the frame if of metal by solder, or rivets, or screws, or if of wood by means otga mortise. IVhen the tan (a common palm leaf fan, or spread feather fan) is fixed in the whirl and the' cord properly adjusted as above described, the alternate whirling motion is produced by the metal rod moving upward and downward. And by attaching the frame, or rather the anner, to a rocking chair by means of thumb screws, this whirling motion and a pleasant current of air is produced and thrown upon the face of any one, who sets in and rocks the rocking chair, to which it is attached.

I."Vhat I Claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, not mounting a fan upon a rocking chair and operating it from the motion of the chair as that has been done before but What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The mode of operating the tan by means ot the rod, G, impinging upon the tloor and made to reeact by means of a spring sub-v stantially as herein setforth.

SETH E. IVINSLOI.

`Witnesses A. Il. SHOEMAKER. M. CoNAnD. 

